Future Entertainment is a Melbourne

Melbourne

Melbourne is the capital and most populous city in the state of Victoria, and the second most populous city in Australia. The Melbourne City Centre is the hub of the greater metropolitan area and the Census statistical division—of which "Melbourne" is the common name. As of June 2009, the greater...

 based, Australian electronic music

Electronic music

Electronic music is music that employs electronic musical instruments and electronic music technology in its production. In general a distinction can be made between sound produced using electromechanical means and that produced using electronic technology. Examples of electromechanical sound...

 youth focused entertainment company created by dance-music event organiser Mark James in 1993. Its objective was to present annual music festivals at Australian venues and landmarks.

The Mansion nightclub

Mansion nightclub

The Mansion is located in Melbourne, Australia, at 83 Queens Road. The multi-level historic building was an electronic music venue. The Mansion was once voted No.7 in the world’s top 10 clubs.- History :...

 in Melbourne was the foundation of Future Entertainment, where Mark James & Jason Ayoubi first came together to form their music promotions company. The company has been developing domestic brands as a key focus in recent years with parties such as Kiss my grass, The Future Music Festival and Mischief events.

The company and past events

The company was formed at 578 Glen Huntly Rd, Elsternwick with its offices and Music studio. The company organized events such as :

• Summadayze started in Melbourne
  Melbourne
  Melbourne is the capital and most populous city in the state of Victoria, and the second most populous city in Australia. The Melbourne City Centre is the hub of the greater metropolitan area and the Census statistical division—of which "Melbourne" is the common name. As of June 2009, the greater...
  
   in 1998/99 and has parties in Melbourne
  Melbourne
  Melbourne is the capital and most populous city in the state of Victoria, and the second most populous city in Australia. The Melbourne City Centre is the hub of the greater metropolitan area and the Census statistical division—of which "Melbourne" is the common name. As of June 2009, the greater...
  
  , Gold Coast
  Gold Coast, Queensland
  Gold Coast is a coastal city of Australia located in South East Queensland, 94km south of the state capital Brisbane. With a population approximately 540,000 in 2010, it is the second most populous city in the state, the sixth most populous city in the country, and also the most populous...
  
  , Perth
  Perth, Western Australia
  Perth is the capital and largest city of the Australian state of Western Australia and the fourth most populous city in Australia. The Perth metropolitan area has an estimated population of almost 1,700,000....
  
   and Auckland
  Auckland
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   (New Zealand). This takes place at Melbourne's Sidney Myer Music Bowl
  Sidney Myer Music Bowl
  The Sidney Myer Music Bowl is an outdoor performance venue in Melbourne, Victoria, Australia. It is located in the lawns and gardens of Kings Domain, close to the Arts Centre and the Southbank entertainment precinct...
  
   every New Year's Day.
• Welcome 2000 (The millennium party) at the Victoria docks.
• The Future Music Festival.
• Two Tribes a joint production of Future Entertainment and Hardware Corp.
• The Lawn Party at Sydney's Randwick Racecourse
  Randwick Racecourse
  Royal Randwick Racecourse is a racecourse for horseracing in the Eastern Suburbs in Sydney, New South Wales. Randwick Racecourse, is operated by the Australian Jockey Club and known to many Sydney racegoers as headquarters...
  
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• Sidetracked A party at the Australian Grand Prix
  Australian Grand Prix
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   including DJ Carl Cox
  Carl Cox
  Carl Cox is a British techno and house music DJ.-Biography:Cox grew up in Oldham, Lancashire, before attending Glastonbury High Boys secondary modern school on Glastonbury Road in Morden. Cox began his career as a hardcore and rave DJ in the mid 1980s...
  
   and music from The Cat Empire
  The Cat Empire
  The Cat Empire are an Australian ska and jazz band formed in 1999. Core members are Harry James Angus , Will Hull-Brown , Jamshid "Jumps" Khadiwhala , Ollie McGill , Ryan Monro and Felix Riebl...
  
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Future Entertainment events are favourites with Australian festival-goers, and frequently feature in the InTheMix 50 Awards for Most Popular Festival.

Since 2007, during the NSW and Victorian concerts, police have made repeated drug busts and laid numerous possession charges. http://www.smh.com.au/news/national/music-festival-drug-charges/2008/03/09/1204998258598.htmlhttp://news.theage.com.au/national/thirtysix-arrested-in-vic-drugs-swoop-20070311-1ph.html

Artists

Artists that have appeared at Future Entertainment events include Armin van Buuren, Paul van Dyk

Paul van Dyk

Matthias Paul, better known by his stage name Paul van Dyk is a German Grammy Award-winning Electronic Dance Music DJ, musician and record producer...

, Roger Sanchez

Roger Sanchez

Roger Sanchez, also known as Roger S. and The S Man, is a Grammy award-winning American House music DJ who has scored many hits in the European and World Charts...

, Fatboy Slim

Fatboy Slim

Norman Quentin Cook better known by his former stage name Fatboy Slim, is a British DJ, electronic dance music musician, and record producer. He is a pioneer of the big beat genre that achieved mainstream popularity in the 1990s...

 aka Norman Cook, Basement Jaxx

Basement Jaxx

Basement Jaxx are a British electronic dance music duo from London, England consisting of Felix Buxton born 1971 and Simon Ratcliffe born 1 December 1969. They first rose to popularity in the late 1990s...

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In 2006 Future Entertainment began operating the club night at Melbourne's Queen's Bridge Hotel.

External links

1.Future Entertainment

2.Future Entertainment on Facebook

3.Queen's Bridge Hotel

4.Future Music Festival 2010